Name: I-40 Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 600 lbs sold 6.00-24.00 with instances of 35.00 higher on 300-400 lb weights, over 600 lbs sold 9.00 lower on a light test. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs sold 4.00-10.00 higher, over 600 lbs sold 12.00 lower on a very light test. Feeder supply was mostly unweaned, average in quality. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 higher, Slaughter bulls sold 4.00 lower. Cow supply included a dispersal of the last active Dairy herd in Franklin Co.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $392.87/cwt on 64 head. That ranks 2 of 28 comparable sales and sits −59.78 against this barn's trailing median of $452.64.

Average price

$392.87

64 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,128

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$418

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$85.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.89

vs AR average

+5.38 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	415.55	2,249	36
Medium and Large 1-2	538	367.60	1,979	18thin
Medium and Large 2	550	359.63	1,977	9thin
Medium and Large 3	555	330.00	1,832	1thin

One grade step is worth $85.55/cwt here — about $418 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

28 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $500.50, low $385.40, median $452.64 across 28 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale64 hd

392.87

—

AR average6 barns · 291 hd

390.98

+1.89

National average151 barns · 7,160 hd

387.49

+5.38

This barn, trailing median28 sales

452.64

−59.78

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,724	182.90	3,152	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,005	173.31	1,742	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,488	173.14	2,576	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,246	152.98	1,907	51

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,008	$1,896	4thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	940	$1,625	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	823	$1,601	6
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,185	$3,150	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,175	$3,050	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	718	$1,877	2thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	630	$1,850	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	580	$900	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	615	$825	1thin

Every lot, as filed

102 lots · USDA AMS · I-40 Livestock - Ozark, AR

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	532.27/cwt	515.00–570.00	1,948	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	350.57/cwt	322.50–377.50	2,023	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	395.38/cwt	385.00–422.50	1,858	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	396.01/cwt	377.50–405.00	2,273	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	292.49/cwt	290.00–295.00	2,232	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,526	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	330.83/cwt	330.00–332.50	2,580	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	414.12/cwt	405.00–425.00	1,793	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	428.45/cwt	415.00–440.00	1,397	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	675	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,789	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	352.65/cwt	330.00–371.00	1,996	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	375.94/cwt	365.00–391.00	2,316	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	422.09/cwt	405.00–442.50	1,988	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	387.27/cwt	375.00–397.50	1,809	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,059	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	346.58/cwt	310.00–360.00	2,163	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,352	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,860	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	358	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,772	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	399.29/cwt	390.00–420.00	1,717	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	351.11/cwt	335.00–365.00	1,801	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	342.98/cwt	332.50–348.00	2,137	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	359.61/cwt	340.00–367.00	2,424	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	450–500	482	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,706	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	416	397.97/cwt	355.00–420.00	1,656	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	331	539.37/cwt	500.00–580.00	1,785	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	386.04/cwt	355.00–405.00	1,984	22
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	921	209.50/cwt	172.00–227.50	1,929	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	480	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,728	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	610	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,891	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	308.66/cwt	285.00–342.50	2,071	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,217	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	431.19/cwt	405.00–447.50	2,221	20
Stock Cows	Small and Medium 3	—	580	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	2,059	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,185	3,150.00/head	3,150.00–3,150.00	3,150	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	3,050.00/head	3,050.00–3,050.00	3,050	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	2,007	2
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 3	—	721	1,461.62/head	1,150.00–1,950.00	1,462	5
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 3	—	605	950.00/head	950.00–950.00	950	1
Stock Cows	Small and Medium 3	—	615	825.00/head	825.00–825.00	825	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 3	—	725	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,450	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 3	—	650	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,170	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 3	—	790	1,766.38/head	1,675.00–1,850.00	1,766	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,851	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	988	170.96/cwt	170.00–172.00	1,689	2
Bulls	—	—	1,700	193.51/cwt	188.00–197.00	3,290	2
Bulls	—	—	2,065	182.65/cwt	181.00–186.00	3,772	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,414	174.37/cwt	172.00–178.00	2,466	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,299	144.96/cwt	115.00–155.00	1,883	31
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,672	164.42/cwt	155.00–170.00	2,749	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,470	181.94/cwt	181.00–183.00	2,675	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,175	161.83/cwt	158.00–165.00	1,902	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	2,166	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,145	168.63/cwt	166.00–172.00	1,931	8
Bulls	—	—	1,398	176.07/cwt	174.00–180.00	2,461	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,275	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	1,877.35/head	1,650.00–2,100.00	1,877	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	1
Bred Cows	Large 3	—	1,378	151.12/cwt	145.00–157.00	2,082	2
Bred Cows	Large 3	—	1,448	152.97/cwt	142.00–167.00	2,215	15
Bred Cows	Large 3	—	1,325	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,508	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,184	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	327	325.89/cwt	300.00–335.00	1,066	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,330	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,353	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,375	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	2,283	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	516	311.42/cwt	275.00–340.00	1,607	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	555	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,832	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,320	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	308	399.96/cwt	395.00–405.00	1,232	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	378	383.30/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,449	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	587	348.37/cwt	342.50–355.00	2,045	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	285.32/cwt	260.00–310.00	1,649	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	436.51/cwt	415.00–465.00	1,868	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	552	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,015	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	306.35/cwt	290.00–322.50	2,049	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	362.10/cwt	349.00–370.00	2,122	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	350.94/cwt	325.00–365.00	1,649	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,238	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	457	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,874	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,643	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	418.96/cwt	405.00–435.00	1,542	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	415	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,660	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	375.33/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,438	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	890	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,003	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	531	365.26/cwt	355.00–392.50	1,940	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	379.89/cwt	340.00–395.00	1,789	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	552	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,800	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	487	373.22/cwt	367.50–380.00	1,818	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	450.00/cwt	415.00–480.00	1,724	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	515	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,391	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	835	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,171	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	643	288.69/cwt	280.00–305.00	1,856	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,758	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	436	374.00/cwt	345.00–380.00	1,631	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,196	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	658	234.94/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,546	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	450–500	490	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,691	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,248	1

How this sale compares

Arkansas weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Arkansas auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Arkansas feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

I-40 Livestock - Ozark, AR

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USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Little Rock, AR (LS-LR)

Feeder CattleReceipts 534Last week 495Year ago 538

Slaughter CattleReceipts 83Last week 39Year ago 46

Replacement CattleReceipts 48Last week 22Year ago 10

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	331	500.00–580.00	539.37
8	350–400	366	515.00–570.00	532.27
18	400–450	428	415.00–465.00	436.51
13	450–500	471	405.00–442.50	422.09
20	500–550	515	405.00–447.50	431.19
16	550–600	574	377.50–405.00	396.01
11	600–650	616	365.00–391.00	375.94
9	650–700	674	340.00–367.00	359.61
1	700–750	735	320.00	320.00
3	750–800	780	330.00–332.50	330.83
1	800–850	835	302.50	302.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	358	495.00	495.00
6	450–500	457	410.00	410.00
10	500–550	500	372.00	372.00
8	550–600	586	349.00–370.00	362.10
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	335	450.00	450.00
4	350–400	383	415.00–480.00	450.00
4	400–450	416	355.00–420.00	397.97
4	450–500	471	340.00–395.00	379.89
6	500–550	531	355.00–392.50	365.26
3	550–600	587	342.50–355.00	348.37
1	700–750	725	310.00	310.00
1	850–900	890	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	610	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	308	395.00–405.00	399.96
3	350–400	378	370.00–390.00	383.30
1	400–450	440	300.00	300.00
1	550–600	555	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	400.00	400.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	433	405.00–425.00	414.12
11	450–500	470	385.00–422.50	395.38
22	500–550	514	355.00–405.00	386.04
9	550–600	577	322.50–377.50	350.57
13	600–650	624	310.00–360.00	346.58
4	650–700	671	285.00–342.50	308.66
2	700–750	715	310.00	310.00
2	750–800	763	290.00–295.00	292.49
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	552	365.00	365.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	395.00	395.00
3	450–500	487	367.50–380.00	373.22
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	345.00	345.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	326	415.00–440.00	428.45
19	350–400	368	405.00–435.00	418.96
10	400–450	430	390.00–420.00	399.29
6	450–500	467	375.00–397.50	387.27
10	500–550	513	335.00–365.00	351.11
20	550–600	566	330.00–371.00	352.65
9	600–650	623	332.50–348.00	342.98
5	650–700	669	290.00–322.50	306.35
1	700–750	710	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	360.00	360.00
1	650–700	675	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	482	354.00	354.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	327	300.00–335.00	325.89
1	350–400	370	320.00	320.00
1	450–500	460	260.00	260.00
1	500–550	515	270.00	270.00
2	650–700	658	230.00–240.00	234.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	375.00	375.00
2	350–400	383	365.00–385.00	375.33
7	400–450	436	345.00–380.00	374.00
7	450–500	470	325.00–365.00	350.94
6	500–550	516	275.00–340.00	311.42
2	550–600	578	260.00–310.00	285.32
4	600–650	643	280.00–305.00	288.69
1	800–850	835	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	438	375.00	375.00
3	550–600	552	326.00	326.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	921	172.00–227.50	209.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,150	179.00	179.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	825	164.00	164.00
Stock Cows — Small and Medium 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	580	900.00	900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	615	825.00	825.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,185	3,150.00	3,150.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,175	3,050.00	3,050.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	630	1,850.00	1,850.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	718	1,650.00–2,100.00	1,877.35
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,040	193.00	193.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,275	2,300.00	2,300.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,125	2,050.00	2,050.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,330	2,300.00	2,300.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,375	166.00	166.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	721	1,150.00–1,950.00	1,461.62
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	605	950.00	950.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	725	200.00	200.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	650	180.00	180.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	790	1,675.00–1,850.00	1,766.38
Bred Cows — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,378	145.00–157.00	151.12
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	—	1,448	142.00–167.00	152.97
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,325	2,000.00	2,000.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,040	178.00	178.00
2	—	988	170.00–172.00	170.96
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,414	172.00–178.00	174.37
3	—	1,672	155.00–170.00	164.42
2	—	1,470	181.00–183.00	181.94
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,299	115.00–155.00	144.96
11	—	1,175	158.00–165.00	161.83
1	—	1,210	179.00	179.00
8	—	1,145	166.00–172.00	168.63
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,700	188.00–197.00	193.51
3	—	2,065	181.00–186.00	182.65
3	—	1,398	174.00–180.00	176.07

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